Xbox One launch title Ryse: Son of Romewas noteworthy for its amazing visuals, its extreme gore, and the amazing visual fidelity with which its extreme gore was rendered on Microsoft's new console. Given the categories PC games normally excel in, its upcoming port must look even snazzier than the original, right? »9/29/14 3:30pm 9/29/14 3:30pm

My first honest reaction to Crytek's announcement that Ryse was coming to PC was that it must be a quick way to generate some revenue after all its recent troubles. That's not the case, according to senior producer Brian Chambers. »8/14/14 9:00am 8/14/14 9:00am

Xbox One launch game Ryse is coming to PC thisfall, according to the folks behind the game, though not via the game's original publisher Microsoft. There's a little bit of a curious pattern developing here with Xbox One launch titles.»8/07/14 11:08am 8/07/14 11:08am

Are you still playing Ryse, the Xbox One launch game where you play as a gladiator in ancient Rome? Notice any bizarre unexplained happenings in the background, like nude dancing ladies? That might just be one of Ryse's weird easter eggs. »5/30/14 1:30pm 5/30/14 1:30pm

Ryse: Son of Rome introduces five new maps, two gladiator character skins, one new mode of play and with the Mars' Chosen Pack. It's $8.99, or free for those who bought the game's season pass for DLC. »3/01/14 1:15pm 3/01/14 1:15pm

We've covered the work of German studio Karakter before here on Fine Art, but since the company just finished up some work on Xbox One launch title Ryse - not to mention the third season of HBO's Game of Thrones - now's as good a time as any for a fresh look at their stuff. »12/10/13 11:30pm 12/10/13 11:30pm

Yes, most games have never been great at depicting realistic jyggle physics. It's not the best situation, but at this point, many of us are used to that. The breast physics on Ryse, though? I don't even know what is going on there. »12/02/13 1:45pm 12/02/13 1:45pm

One Pixel Brush is a relatively new studio that specialises in concept art for all kinds of video game companies. Already they've worked on games like BioShock Infinite, Planetside 2 and Ryse, and are now helping shape stuff that we haven't even seen or heard from yet. »11/27/13 1:00am 11/27/13 1:00am

Microsoft considered delaying some Xbox One launch games and even holding Halo 4 for their new console before committing to last week's unusually diverse and rich day-one Xbox One line-up, the company's head of game development told Kotaku. And now Microsoft is planning to give early adopters a lot more to… »11/25/13 12:45pm 11/25/13 12:45pm

After a couple of weeks of silence, we're finally hearing from people who worked at Crytek, the game development studio where more than 11,500 dinners were proudly served to "crunching" developers. Two people on the game are saying that Crytek is a pretty good place to work, despite a recent controversial Tweet about… »11/06/13 2:15pm 11/06/13 2:15pm

If Ryse's main character, Marius Titus, is on a truth-finding mission, as this live-action trailer for the Xbox One game suggests, then he has a rather confrontational approach to conducting an inquiry. »10/28/13 11:30am 10/28/13 11:30am

Next-gen kicks off this November. That means there are a ton of developers out there busting their butts off to get launch games out on time—and Ryse: Son of Rome, an Xbox One exclusive developed by Crytek, is no different. »10/15/13 8:01pm 10/15/13 8:01pm

Hopefully the news that next gen will have microtransactions in it isn't actually, uh, news to you: the practice of charging money for an in-game bonus has practically become an industry standard. Of course some next gen games will have it! »8/22/13 8:30pm 8/22/13 8:30pm

Crytek's first-person Roman shield-cracker Ryse debuted at E3 in 2011 as a Kinect game for Xbox 360, then fell off the map. The game has returned, as Crytek has posted an update to their site announcing Ryse as an exclusive for the Xbox One. The update is short on details, but describes the game as having… »5/22/13 2:45pm 5/22/13 2:45pm